Independence Day 2018: Celebrate the spirit of freedom with these patriotic poems, songs | The Indian Express

Independence Day 2018: Celebrate the spirit of freedom with these patriotic poems, songs | The Indian Express

Independence Day 2018: Celebrate the spirit of freedom with these patriotic poems, songs

The patriotic fervour of India was best captured by legendary Indian poets like Rabindranath Tagore, Sarojini Naidu, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, and Harivansh Rai Bachchan, whose words still give us goosebumps.

By: Lifestyle Desk | New Delhi | Updated: August 15, 2018 5:00:16 am

Celebrate the 72nd Independence Day with beautiful words. (Designed by Nidhi Mishra/Indian Express)

“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom,” these were the words delivered by the first Prime Minister of Independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru on the night of August 15, 1947.

He hoisted the Indian national flag above the Lahori Gate of Red Fort in Delhi, and this subsequently became a symbolic gesture on every August 15. Along with his actions, his words resonated with the nation. Perhaps, that’s why the power of words cannot be undermined.

The patriotic fervour of India was best captured by legendary Indian poets like Rabindranath Tagore, Sarojini Naidu, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, and Harivansh Rai Bachchan, and it still gives us goosebumps.

On the occasion of India’s 72nd Independence Day, let’s take a look at a few popular patriotic poems.

Rabindranath Tagore

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake

Sarojini Naidu

Weavers, weaving at break of day,
Why do you weave a garment so gay? . . .
Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild,
We weave the robes of a new-born child.

Weavers, weaving at fall of night,
Why do you weave a garment so bright? . . .
Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green,
We weave the marriage-veils of a queen.

Weavers, weaving solemn and still,
What do you weave in the moonlight chill? . . .
White as a feather and white as a cloud,
We weave a dead man’s funeral shroud.

Ram Prasad Bismil

Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai
Dekhna hai zor kitna baazu-e-qaatil mein hai

Aye watan Karta nahin kyun doosra kuch baat-cheet
Dekhta hun main jise woh chup teri mehfil mein hai
Aye shaheed-e-mulk-o-millat main tere oopar nisaar
Ab teri himmat ka charcha ghair ki mehfil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai

Waqt aanay dey bata denge tujhe aye aasman
Hum abhi se kya batayen kya hamare dil mein hai
Khainch kar layee hai sab ko qatl hone ki ummeed
Aashiqon ka aaj jumghat koocha-e-qaatil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai

Hai liye hathiyaar dushman taak mein baitha udhar
Aur hum taiyyaar hain seena liye apna idhar
Khoon se khelenge holi gar vatan muskhil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai

Haath jin mein ho junoon katt te nahi talvaar se
Sar jo uth jaate hain voh jhukte nahi lalkaar se
Aur bhadkega jo shola-sa humare dil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai

Hum to ghar se nikle hi the baandhkar sar pe kafan
Jaan hatheli par liye lo barh chale hain ye qadam
Zindagi to apni mehmaan maut ki mehfil mein hai
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai

Yuun khadaa maqtal mein qaatil kah rahaa hai baar baar
Kya tamannaa-e-shahaadat bhi kisee ke dil mein hai
Dil mein tuufaanon ki toli aur nason mein inqilaab
Hosh dushman ke udaa denge humein roko na aaj
Duur reh paaye jo humse dam kahaan manzil mein hai

Wo jism bhi kya jism hai jismein na ho khoon-e-junoon
Toofaanon se kya lade jo kashti-e-saahil mein hai

Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai.
Dekhna hai zor kitna baazuay qaatil mein hai.

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhayay

Vande maataram..
Vande maataram..
Maataram..

Sujalaam sufalaam malayaj sheetalaam
Sasyashyaamalaam maataram
Vande..

Shubhrajyotsna pulakit yaaminiim
Phulla kusumita drumadal shobhiniim
Suhaasinim sumadhura bhaashhinim
Sukhadaam varadaam
Maataram.. vande maataram

Sapta koti kantha kalakala ninaada karaale
Nisapta koti bhujaidhruta kharakarvaale
Sapta koti kantha kalakala ninaada karaale
Nisapta koti bhujaidhruta kharakarvaale
Ka bola ka noma eith bole
Bahubal dhaariniin namaami taariniim
Ripudalavaariniin maataram
Vande maataram …

Tumi vidyaa tumi dharma, tumi hridi tumi marma
Tvan hi praanaah shariire
Baahute tumi maa shakti,
Hridaye tumi maa bhakti,
Tomaarai pratimaa gadi mandire mandire
Vande maataram..

Tvan hi durgaa dashapraharanadhaarinii
Kamalaa kamaladala vihaarinii
Vaanii vidyaadaayinii, namaami tvaam
Namaami kamalaan amalaan atulaam
Sujalaan sufalaan maataram
Vande maataram..

Shyaamalaan saralaan susmitaan bhuushhitaam
Dharaniin bharaniin maataram
Vande maataram….

Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi

Chah Nahin Mai Surbala Ke
Gehnon Mein Guntha Jaaon.

Chah Nahin Premi Mala Mein
Bindh, Pyari Ko Lalchaon.

Chah Nahin Samraton Ke Shav Par,
He Hari Dala Jaaon.

Chah Nahin Devon Ke Sar Par
Chadhon, Bhagya Par Itraoon.

Mujhey Tod Lena Banmali,
Us Path Par Tum Dena Phaink,

Matra Bhoomi Per Sheesh Chadhaney,
Jis Path Jaayen Veer Anek.

Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Ham aise aazaad, hamara jhanda hai baadal,

Chandi, sone, heere, moti se sajati gudiyan,
Inse aatankit karne ki beet gayi ghadiyan,
Inse saj dhaj baitha karte jo hain kathputle
Hamane  tode abhi fainki hain bedhi hathkadiyan.

Parampara gat purkhon ki hamane jagrit ki phir se
Utha sheesh par rakha hamane him kireet ujjawal
Ham aise aazaad hamara jhanda hai baadal.

Chandi here moti se sajawa chhate,
Jo apne sir dharvaate the vo ab sharmate
Phoolkaari barsaane waali toot gayi duniya
Vajaron ke waahan ambar mein nirbhay gehraate.

Indrrayudh bhi ek baar himmat se ote’,
Chhatra hamara nirmit karte saath koti kartal,
Ham aise aazaad hamara jhanda hai baadal

Shyamlal Gupta

Vijayi vishwa tiranga pyaara,
Jhanda ooncha rahe hamaara,

Sada Shakti barsaane waala,
Prem sudha sursaane waala,
Veeron ko harshaane waala
Matribhumi ka tan man saara
Jhanda ooncha rahe hamaara

Swantrata ke bheeshan ran mein
Lakhkar josh badhe kshan kshan mein
Kaampe shatru dekhkar man mein
Mit jaave bhay sankat saara
Jhanda ooncha rahe hamaara

Is jhande ke neeche nirbhay
Ho swaraj janam ka nishchay
Bolo Bharat Mata ki jay
Swantrata hi dhyay hamara
Jhanda ooncha rahe hamara

Aao pyaaro veero aao
Desh jaati per bali bali jaao
Ek saath sab mil kar gaao
Pyaara Bharat desh hamara
Jhanda ooncha rahe hamara

Iski shaan na jaane pave
Chahe jaan bhale hi jaave
Vijay Vijay kar ke dikhlave
Sab hove pran poorn hamaara
Jhanda ooncha rahe hamaara